"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes. I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."~Marilyn Monroe

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Until It Happens to You....

The day begins like any other.... morning coffee (or diet coke!) and off to work. You trust your family is safe, Kiddos in school. Husband at his job and you at yours. You are a happy and loving family...not rich...not poor....life is good.

In a blink of an eye a medical test comes back that throws you into the worst roller coaster ride of your life. First the overwhelming fear...what does this all mean....will he die of cancer? Next where do we go to be treated? And finally... and perhaps the most shocking...your supposedly wonderful PPO Insurance will not cover the treatments or drugs you need. And there you are like a deer in headlights...the treatment.. the "special sauce" is there to give you a chance at life and all that is standing in your way is money.

Think about this...think if it was YOUR husband,wife,child or parent. Could you raise over a million dollars in cash in a week? What do you do? From what I understand most people just die. They do not have the time to fight the delays and the denials the insurance companies and so they die.They may not have an advocate and are certainly to weak to fight the battles themselves.

Where is the fine print on the insurance that tells you that if you have a major illness and they do not deem the care you need to be approved by them then you just are out of luck'! Who created the loophole that divides "standard of care" from "excellence in care..including clinical trials and investigative drugs"?

I am going to be asking these hard questions and am being joined by some pretty impressive folks that are both Democrats and Republicans...because this is a human rights issue and not a political hot potato.

I am asking you to think about this before you find yourself in this position one day.

Here is a fact....ONE in every THREE people will be hit with a major catastrophic medical event in their life. In my family I was hit twice with my daughter and a brain tumor and husband with leukemia. Could you afford 20% of three million dollars? Could you come up with over a million dollars if your insurance denied coverage?

When my dad got cancer decades ago he died in one month. t
Today they would have been able to keep him alive...but we would not have been able to afford it! So really what good are the advances in medicine if Doctors are restricted from giving patients the care they need?

This is what we are facing. Most people stick their heads in the sand... happy it's not happening to them.I certainly was not an advocate before having my head slammed into this wall). But the fact is...it can and will happen to one of every three people reading this!

What am I asking for? Money? Nope ...I am asking you to join me with nothing more than your voice and your vote to tell Washington that health care needs not to be destroyed but fixed. That's all I need. I will share more in the future about the group we are forming and also where you can sign the petition.

Dr.Barbara Houndt Beach

"I just can't focus on reality when I am trying to create the impossible " Barbara Beach

Thanks Congress!

Barb and" Dr Phil" with Friend and Fellow Car Fan Jay Leno

The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all. Ted Hughes The former Poet Laureate of Great Britain .

Proud to be a Part of PBS!

Salute America's Heroes

Sir Nicholas Winton

Now 105 Years Old Nicky Winton rescued 669 children by forming the kinder transport, I was proud be one of a few journalists ever to interview him.

Dinesh Dsouza,BB and Dr Joe Khouri

THE BEACH BOYS

Beach Boy Al Jardine was kind enough to dedicate a track to me!.

Beach Boy AL Jardine with Beach Girl Barb

Rocking In Montana

Beach Boy Al Jardine in my living room

Ms Nancy Sinatra Joins us in our Salute to the Troops

Did You Know He Is A Military Historian

Catching Up with Little Anthony in Las Vegas

Love At First Sound Bite

Tim Conway was the premiere guest on GRAND Radio and we enjoyed catching up with him again when we broadcast from AARP's Life at 50 +

Pat Boone

The Boone Family are always a welcome Interview at RAB

An evening with George and Barbara Bush

Connie Stevens Supporting Combat Veterans

Introducing my mom to Gene Cernan

The LAST MAN to walk on the moon!

Introducing my mom to Madeline Albright

Houston 2008

Barry Goldwater Jr Makes time for an Interview on MAC

Performing for Homeless Vets

Bertte HIggins rocking Key Largo

Publications Directed By Barbara Beach

BOOMER MAGAZINE

DODGE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE(car)

DODGE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE (truck)

CRUISER QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

CHRYSLER 300 MAGAZINE

MAZDASPORT MAGAZINE

MIATA MAGAZINE

RAGTOPS AND ROADSTERS MAGAZINE

Before I got back into Radio!

DODGE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE/Publisher Barb Beach

The Bible for Dodge Car Enthusiasts

DODGE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE

The Bible for Dodge Truck Enthusiasts

Peter Drucker

Quote Peter Drucker

"Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision."

I had the opportunity to meet and interview Peter Drucker and have been and always will be a better person, journalist and business woman because of knowing him! BB

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It is our choices, Harry, that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities.